Nazmul XI started the President's Cup with a victory

Nazmul XI has made a good start to the BCB President's Cup ODI tournament with a win.

Mahmudullah batted first at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Sunday (October 11) and his team was bowled out for 198.

Mahmudullah batted at the target of 198 runs and it became difficult to score in front of the controlled bowling of the XI. Nazmul XI lost 5 wickets for 69 runs and fell under a lot of pressure.

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Touhid Hridoy and Irfan Shukkur led the team to victory in the sixth wicket partnership. They picked up half a century with a lot of confidence. They made the victory of the team easy. When Hridoy was out for 52 runs, Nazmul XI was 13 runs away from the victory of the team.

Then Irfan and Naeem Hasan left the field to ensure the victory of the team. Nazmul's team lost 6 wickets in 41.1 overs and made 198 runs. Irfan remained unbeaten on 56 runs.

Ebadat Hossain of Mahmudullah XI took 3 wickets and Mahmudullah, Rakibul Hasan and Aminul Islam Biplob took 1 wicket each.

Earlier, Mahmudullah XI lost the toss and elected to bat at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. Two openers Naeem Sheikh and Liton Das gave a good start. However, after scoring 18 runs in 3 overs, the game was stopped due to rain.

When the rain stopped and the game started again, Naeem Sheikh was run out for 6 runs and returned. After that, Taskin Ahmed picked up Liton's wicket for 21 runs. When Muminul Haque was dismissed for zero by Al-Amin Hossain, Mahmudullah XI lost three wickets for 21 runs.

Captain Mahmudullah Riyad and Imrul Kayes handled the opening pressure in the fourth wicket partnership. They made a pair of fifty runs. When Imrul returned to the pavilion with Naeem Hasan's 41 runs, the 63-run partnership was broken.

Nurul Hasan Sohan was run out for 146 runs. However, captain Mahmudullah kept playing with one side. Picked up the first fifty of the series. He scored 51 off 62 balls before being bowled by Mukidul Islam Mugdhar. Later, Sabbir Rahman, who scored 22 runs, also became a victim of fascination.

Mahmudullah XI was all out for 198 runs in 48.2 overs when no other batsman was seen scoring big runs.

Nazmul XI's Taskin Ahmed, Al-Amin and Mugdha took two wickets each while Naeem Hasan and Soumya Sarkar took one wicket each.